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NIS Attack

NIS Attack refers to the intrusion to the Network Information System (NIS), which maintains a distributed database of password tables, group files, host tables, and other information that systems on a network can share. An attacker who can guess the name of your NIS domain and can send a NIS request to the NIS server can get a copy of your password information.

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NIS Attack